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Google removes 85 dangerous apps from Android Play Store, make sure you don’t have them!

Written by Newsroom Staff January 10, 2019 09:14

New Delhi: Google has removed a total of 85 malicious apps from Play Store. It was done after security researchers found these apps to be a disguise of an adware family. These apps were available in the form of game, TV, and remote control simulator apps on the Android Play Store.

Here is the list of some of the malicious apps that you should not have on your phone:

The issue was first reported by the security researchers at Trend Micro.

“This adware is capable of displaying full-screen ads, hiding itself, monitoring a device’s screen unlocking functionality, and running in the mobile device’s background,” said the researchers at Trend Micro in the blog.